Participant Info

Artist

Degas, Edgar

Artpiece

Dancers in the Wings

Link

Link

Type

Original etching, aquatint and drypoint

Year_

1879-80

Dimensions

5.5 x 4.1 in. (140 x 104 mm) | 15 3/8 x 12 3/8 in. framed.

Artist's Life

Comments

There were 20 proofs from the 9 states. After Degas’ death, Ambroise Vollard published an edition of 150 impressions from the cancelled plate. This impression is from Vollard’s edition of c. 1919-1920. Delteil 26, Adhemar 28, R&S 47. Provenance: Spaightwood Galleries, Wisconsin. ? L. Delteil, Le Peintre-Graveur illustré, Degas, New York, 1968, vol. IX, no. 39 (other impressions illustrated).?
J. Adhemar, F. Cachin, The complete etchings, lithographs and monotypes, London, 1974, or Jean Adhémar and Françoise Cachin, Degas: The Complete Etchings, Lithographs, and Monotypes,
Viking Press (New York, 1973). ?? B. S. Shapiro, S. W. Reed, Edgar Degas: The Painter as Printmaker, Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Philadelphia Museum of Art, London, Hayward Gallery, Boston, Philadelphia and London, 1984 ??

Price Paid

$1,275.00

Purchase Date

March 10, 2003

Purchased From

Spaightwood Galleries, Wisconsin

Certificate of Authenticity

Image

Documents

degas_-_dancers_in_wings_-_docs.pdf

Location

G.F.H.